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Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said a deputy had an altercation with a man on a bicycle. He said the man was acting suspicious, so when the deputy asked him what he was doing, the man jumped off his bicycle and hid between two cars.

"The guy came out with (a) dark object and turns toward the deputy," Bradshaw said, referring to the object that his deputy thought was a gun. "It turns out it's ... a black-colored cellphone, but you don't know that. It could be too late. It's been the other way around. Lots of times it turns out to be a gun."

The deputy shot 20-year-old Dontrelle Stephens three times.

"It was frightening," a witness told WPBF. "First, I thought somebody was doing construction, then I realized it was serious."

Stephens was taken to St. Mary's Medical Center and spent the day in critical condition.

Investigators also said Stephens had marijuana on him.

"All the guy had to do was stop, put up his hands and say here's who I am," Bradshaw said. "But he didn't want to because he's involved in criminal activity."